Quotes from the World for Tuesday 02/19/MMXIII

Speech belongs half to the speaker, half to the listener. The latter must prepare to receive it according to the motion it takes.

Michel de Montaigne
Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592), French essayist. “Of Experience,” The Essays (Les Essais), bk. III, ch. 13, Abel Langelier, Paris (1588).